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Scott Bessent

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Scott Bessent is the 79th United States Secretary of the Treasury, serving in the role since 2025. Before entering government, he built a career in finance as a partner at Soros Fund Management and later founded Key Square Group, a global macro investment firm. As Treasury Secretary, he has taken a prominent role in the administration's economic and technology policy, including warning that the U.S. could impose sanctions on Chinese AI companies over allegations of intellectual property theft, such as claims that Moonshot AI improperly distilled Anthropic's Fable model. He is known both for his background as a macro investor and for his position as a senior economic official shaping U.S.-China tech policy.

Updated 5 August 2026

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